Lev Raphael: 2 books

In the glittering world of money-mad 1905 New York City, Jewish financier Simon Rosedale plans to force his way into high society through marriage and has his eye on Lily Bart. One of the most beautiful women in the city, Lily is a down-at-heels aristocrat plagued by gossip and might be vulnerable...

Desperate to get tenure, assistant professor Nick Hoffman reluctantly organizes an Edith Wharton conference that brings together Rival Wharton societies. This conference is supposed to burnish his department's image, but the flaring academic egos ignite into murder. Nick is stuck with a career in ruins, not knowing if he's next on the murderer's hit list.